Variable Category |  | North (n = 136) | South (n = 262) | East (n = 190) | West (n = 33) | Total (n = 621) | P value |
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Symptoms, n (%) | Vomitinga | 100 (73.5) | 187 (71.4) | 137 (72.1) | 27 (81.8) | 451 (72.6) | 0.64 |
Bilious vomitingb | 21 (15.4) | 26 (9.9) | 34 (17.9) | 9 (27.3) | 90 (14.5) | 0.02 | |
Abdominal pain | 102 (75.0) | 118 (45.0) | 138 (72.6) | 10 (30.3) | 368 (59.3) | < 0.01 | |
Excessive crying | 49 (36.0) | 172 (65.7) | 109 (57.4) | 17 (51.5) | 347 (55.9) | < 0.01 | |
Abdominal distension | 34 (25.0) | 29 (11.1) | 69 (36.3) | 3 (9.1) | 135 (21.7) | < 0.01 | |
Rectal bleeding | 81 (59.6) | 123 (47.0) | 139 (73.2) | 18 (54.6) | 361 (58.1) | < 0.01 | |
Diarrhoea | 23 (16.9) | 69 (26.3) | 37 (19.5) | 9 (27.3) | 138 (22.2) | 0.11 | |
Constipation | 18 (13.2) | 43 (16.4) | 12 (6.3) | 3 (9.1) | 76 (12.2) | 0.01 | |
Fever | 34 (25.0) | 64 (24.4) | 31 (16.3) | 13 (39.4) | 142 (22.9) | 0.02 | |
Lethargy | 2 (1.5) | 16 (6.1) | 16 (8.4) | 2 (6.1) | 36 (5.8) | 0.07 | |
Altered sensorium | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | – | |
Classical triadc | 52 (38.2) | 64 (24.4) | 87 (45.8) | 13 (39.4) | 216 (34.8) | < 0.01 | |
Signs, n (%) | Pallor | 11 (8.1) | 14 (5.3) | 18 (9.5) | 3 (9.1) | 46 (7.4) | 0.39 |
Dehydration | 7 (5.2) | 21 (8.0) | 43 (22.6) | 2 (6.1) | 73 (11.8) | < 0.01 | |
Fever | 4 (2.9) | 23 (8.8) | 23 (12.1) | 5 (15.2) | 55 (8.9) | 0.02 | |
Lethargy | 11 (8.1) | 14 (5.3) | 20 (10.5) | 3 (9.1) | 48 (7.7) | 0.23 | |
Abdominal distension | 22 (16.2) | 25 (9.5) | 62 (32.6) | 3 (9.1) | 112 (18.0) | < 0.01 | |
Abdominal tenderness | 13 (9.6) | 26 (9.9) | 26 (13.7) | 5 (15.2) | 70 (11.3) | 0.48 | |
Abdominal mass | 13 (9.6) | 91 (34.7) | 24 (12.6) | 4 (12.1) | 132 (21.3) | < 0.01 | |
Bowel sound (absent/ abnormal) | 11 (8.1) | 10 (3.8) | 43 (22.6) | 2 (6.1) | 66 (10.6) | < 0.01 | |
Rectal prolapse | 15 (11.0) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (2.9) | < 0.01 | |
Rectal mass | 3 (2.2) | 4 (1.5) | 11 (5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (2.9) | 0.04 | |
Blood on PR examination | 19 (14.0) | 31 (11.8) | 94 (49.5) | 19 (57.6) | 163 (26.3) | < 0.01 | |
Modified triadd | 83 (61.0) | 125 (47.7) | 143 (75.3) | 21 (63.6) | 372 (59.9) | < 0.01 | |
Diagnosis method, n (%) | Ultrasound | 121 (89.0) | 262 (100) | 179 (94.2) | 30 (90.9) | 592 (95.3) | < 0.01 |
CT scan | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | – | |
Barium enema | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (3.0) | 3 (0.5) | – | |
Surgery | 12 (8.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (5.3) | 2 (6.1) | 24 (3.9) | < 0.01 | |
Intussusception location, n (%) | Colo-colic | 3 (2.2) | 10 (3.8) | 5 (2.6) | 3 (9.1) | 21 (3.4) | < 0.01 |
Ileo-colo-colic | 8 (5.9) | 7 (2.7) | 4 (2.1) | 2 (6.1) | 21 (3.4) | < 0.01 | |
Ileo-ileal | 11 (8.1) | 3 (1.2) | 10 (5.3) | 6 (18.2) | 30 (4.8) | < 0.01 | |
Ileo-ileo-colic | 4 (2.9) | 5 (1.9) | 6 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (2.4) | < 0.01 | |
Ileocolic | 109 (80.2) | 234 (89.3) | 163 (85.8) | 20 (60.1) | 526 (84.7) | < 0.01 | |
Jejuno-jejunum | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (3.0) | 2 (0.3) | – | |
> 1 locatione | 1 (0.7) | 3 (1.2) | 1(0.5) | 1 (3.0) | 6 (1.0) | – | |
Pathological lead point, n (%) | Lymph node | 41 (30.1) | 19 (7.2) | 3 (1.6) | 15 (45.4) | 78 (12.6) | < 0.01 |
Appendix | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (3.0) | 3 (0.4) | – | |
Payer’s patch | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) | – | |
Polyp | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.0) | 2 (0.3) | – | |
Othersf | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.8) | – | |
Any lead point | 45 (33.0) | 20 (7.6) | 9 (4.7) | 17 (51.5) | 91 (14.6) | < 0.01 | |
Treatment modality, n (%) | Reduction | 56 (41.2) | 216 (82.4) | 20 (10.5) | 14 (42.4) | 306 (49.3) | < 0.01 |
Surgery | 68 (50.0) | 30 (11.5) | 135 (71.1) | 12 (36.4) | 245 (39.5) | < 0.01 | |
Spontaneously resolvedg | 12 (8.8) | 16 (6.1) | 34 (17.9) | 7 (21.2) | 69 (11.1) | < 0.01 | |
Noneh | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | – | |
Surgery type, n (%) | No resectioni | 41 (60.3) | 25 (83.3) | 106 (78.6) | 9 (75) | 181 (73.9) | < 0.01 |
With resectioni | 27 (39.7) | 5 (16.7) | 29 (21.5) | 3 (25.0) | 64 (26.1) | < 0.01 | |
Outcome, n (%) | Discharged | 129 (94.9) | 262 (100) | 181 (95.3) | 31 (93.9) | 603 (97.1) | < 0.01 |
Referred | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (6.1) | 3 (0.5) | – | |
LAMAj | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.6) | – | |
Died | 4 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (1.8) | – | |
Brighton Collaboration Criteria level, n (%) | Level 1 | 125 (91.9) | 246 (93.9) | 156 (82.1) | 26 (78.8) | 553 (89.1) | < 0.01 |
Level 2 | 5 (3.7) | 15 (5.7) | 24 (12.6) | 3 (9.1) | 47 (7.6) | < 0.01 | |
Level 3 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | |
No level | 6 (4.4) | 1 (0.4) | 10 (5.3) | 4 (12.1) | 21 (3.4) | < 0.01 | |
Illness in last 4 weeks, n (%) | Diarrhoea | 10 (7.4) | 55 (21.0) | 11 (5.8) | 4 (12.1) | 80 (12.9) | 0.04 |
ARI | 17 (12.5) | 104 (39.7) | 21 (11.1) | 5 (15.2) | 147 (23.7) | 0.04 |